A Douglas 38 SBD Dauntless dive bomber takes off from the training aircraft carrier Wolverine in early 1943. At least 38 of these aircraft crashed in Lake Michigan on training missions during World ...

PORTAGE, MI -- Restoration of a World War II-era plane found at the bottom of Lake Michigan is nearing completion, and family of the pilot who crash-landed it in 1944 said it will help bring them ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Single engine, low wing, carrier based scout/dive bomber.Both sides of fuselage: "109," U. S. star and bar insignia.

At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War II’s ...

A US Marines plane that went down during World War Two has been discovered in the South Pacific, 80 years after it went missing in action, DailyMail.com can confirm. The twisted wreckage of a Douglas ...

The newest exhibit at the National Museum of World War II Aviation is overweight and underpowered. It's a warplane that was outgunned by nearly everything in the sky during the war. Next to its shiny ...

Fagen Fighters WWII Museum today announced the latest addition to its collection-an airworthy 1942 Douglas SBD Dauntless A-24B, recently acquired from the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas.

Use the controls at the bottom of the frame to navigate, zoom in and out, or view full-screen. The Douglas Dauntless dive bomber sank more enemy ships than any other Allied bomber, and is best ...

PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — The family of a veteran who crash-landed a plane in Lake Michigan is finally getting some closure. Lt. John Lendo was the last person to pilot the U.S. Navy Douglas "Dauntless" ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was one of the truly great aircraft of World War II. It played a major role throughout the Pacific. On June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, SBDs destroyed four Japanese ...